Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, NZ, 1965. Cloth. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Green cloth with blind stamp on front and gilt lettering on spine. Cloth is bright and clean. Contents tight and clean. Dust jacket is intact with rubbing on edges and spine.

This study of New Zealand's economy under stress reveals the inner character of its people and its institutions. The book spans thirty of the most dramatic years in New Zealand's development from a predominantly farming community to a rapidly changing mixed exonomy. In this same period the welfare state has emerged. The book encompasses the recovery from the great depression of the early 1930s through to the changes and reforms of the post war era to 1964...